LeT planning 26/11 style attack on CWG ceremony: Report

LeT planning 26/11 style attack on CWG ceremony: Report

Pakistan based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Tayiba is planning to attack Delhi on Thursday during the build-up to the closing ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, according to Indian intelligence agencies.

Security has been stepped up in Delhi and more than 1,000 extra policemen and troopers have been drafted on Tuesday because of the heightened threat. The entire city has been fortified with security personnel patrolling each nook and corner.

Image: A spectator at the Commonwealth Games in New DelhiPhotographs: Danish Ismail/Reuters

Nearly 64,000 people are expected to attend the closing ceremony

Officials said that new intelligence indicated that the LeT, which was behind the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008, were planning to carry out attacks in the Indian capital. Nearly 64,000 people are expected to attend the closing ceremony of the Games.

The terror outfit, which has links with the Al Qaeda and the Taliban, is believed to have sent some of its operatives t Delhi, the Daily Mail quoted officials as saying.

Indian Army seized 50 kg of explosive

A major concern is the Delhi Metro as the authorities have advised the majority of spectators to travel by the underground rail.

The details of the LeT plot were revealed two days after the Indian Army seized 50 kg of explosives being smuggled to Delhi. Intelligence agencies fear that the explosives were meant to be used in Delhi.